California Uber in legal showdown over self-driving cars
In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, an Uber driverless car heads out for a test drive in San Francisco. Uber is bringing a small num ...
Yahoo reveals new hack this time a billion-plus users (Update 3)
This Tuesday, July 19, 2016 photo shows a Yahoo sign at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, Yahoo s ...
China's selfie app Meitu debuts on Hong Kong exchange
China's selfie app developer Meitu raised $629 million as it listed on the Hoing Kong Stock Exchange China's popular selfie app developer M ...
Artificial intelligence creeps into daily life
Facebook CEO and chairman Mark Zuckerberg envisions a software system inspired by the "Iron Man" character Jarvis as a virtual but ...
Swiss pharma company pays $5.5 bn for US capsule maker
Swiss pharmaceuticals and life sciences group Lonza said Thursday it had bought US capsule maker Capsugel for $5.5 billion as it focuses mor ...
e2v to be acquired by Teledyne for £620million
Teledyne Technologies has reached an agreement under which it will acquire e2v in a deal that values the Chelmsford based company at £620million.
California tells Uber to stop rides in self-driving cars
In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, an Uber driverless car heads out for a test drive in San Francisco. Uber is bringing a small num ...
Yahoo's big breach helps usher in an age of hacker anxiety
This Tuesday, July 19, 2016 photo shows a Yahoo sign at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, Yahoo s ...
Thin films for data storage and spintronic devices
Researchers at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics have developed a solid state device in which several magnetic and electrical properties can be changed and reversed by insertin
After US election hacks France girds against cyberattacks
Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, now candidate for the socialist party primary election, gestures during the inauguration of his c ...
Yahoo reveals new hack this time a billion-plus users (Update)
This Tuesday, July 19, 2016 photo shows a Yahoo sign at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. On Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, Yahoo s ...
Trump meets with tech execs including his critics (Update)
US President-elect Donald Trump sat down Wednesday with top tech executives—including several of his sharpest critics—to mend fences after a ...
Ashley Madison dating site to pay $1.6 mn over breach (Update)
The "affair-minded" dating website Ashley Madison saw personal data on millions of members in 46 countries released through a hack ...
Computers can take social media data and make marketing personas
Credit: George Hodan/Public Domain Computers may be able to group consumers into marketing segments in real time just by observing how they ...
Autonomous Swarmboats: New missions safe harbors
An unmanned rigid-hull inflatable boat operates autonomously during an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-sponsored demonstration of swarmboat t ...
GM shares fall on reports of antitrust penalty in China
A Chinese state-run newspaper reported Wednesday that the government will penalize an unidentified U.S. automaker soon for alleged anti-comp ...
Ashley Madison dating site to pay $1.6 mn over breach
The "affair-minded" dating website Ashley Madison saw personal data on millions of members in 46 countries released through a hack ...
Bring your own (security) disaster
Bring your own device (BYOD) to work is common practice these days. Almost everyone has a smart or a tablet and in many office and other job ...
This flying robot is the newest expert inspecting your city's bridges
Laser Odometry and Mapping (LOAM) is a real-time method for state estimation and mapping using a 3D lidar. Credit: Carnegie Mellon Universit ...
Top 10 Christmas Treats for Techno-Geeks  EE Times
What can one give one's techno-geek engineering comrades for Crimble? Here are ten drool-worthy suggestions.
Amazon completes its first drone delivery in England (Update)
An Amazon picture of a flying "octocopter" mini-drone that would be used to fly small packages to consumers Amazon said Wednesda ...
Fresh look control panel in 2017 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid
For 2017, Lincoln continues to improve its midsize MKZ Hybrid sedan by adding a Jaguar-esque grille, easier-to-use audio and ventilation con ...
Twitter adds ability to broadcast live videos from app
Twitter is adding the ability for users to broadcast live video directly from its app as it seeks to distinguish itself among social media r ...
Trump meets with tech execs including his critics
US President-elect Donald Trump sits down Wednesday with top tech executives—including several of his sharpest critics—to mend fences after ...
Apps for haggard parents with a wailing child on a flight
In this Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, file photo, Ann Walden checks her phone as 15-month-old daughter Delphine plays while waiting in line after ...
VW shakeup means more English spoken women as managers
Volkswagen says it's going to speak more English and help more women reach for top positions as it shakes up its corporate culture in the wa ...
Pokemon Olympics election among 2016's top Google searches
In this July 25, 2016, file photo, a fan maneuvers his smartphone as he plays "Pokemon Go" in Hong Kong. "Pokemon Go" is ...
Heating apartment houses sustainably
Facade elements that do not only contain thermal insulation, but also heating and ventilation components are in the focus of LowEx-Bestand. ...
Electronic 'hairy skin' could give robots a more human sense of touch
Credit: American Chemical Society Electronic-skin prototypes are stretchy, thin films that can sense temperature, pressure and even monitor ...
Researchers offer novel hardware-based modelling approach for multi-robot tasks
Technological revolution means robots no longer are the song of the future. The Governor of the Bank of England predicts today that up to ha ...
Amazon completes its first drone delivery in England
An Amazon picture of a flying "octocopter" mini-drone that would be used to fly small packages to consumers Amazon said Wednesday ...
Soccer site FuboTV muscling into mainstream internet TV
The online-cable market is getting a little more crowded. FuboT ...
How blockchain will transform our cities
Many trends on the horizon offer opportunities that could transform our cities. From self-driving vehicles and the sharing economy through t ...
The trouble with facial recognition technology (in the real world)
A face in a crowd in Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation. If you've watched any sort of spy thriller or action film over the last few years – ...
High-tech sensors for better breast exams
Credit: University of Wisconsin-Madison Clinical breast examinations can save women's lives, but, as doctors-in-training, new residents som ...
Amazon extends video streaming to more than 200 countries
Amazon's Grand Tour can now be seen in 200 countries Amazon said Wednesday it was extending its on-demand video streaming service to more t ...
Sub threshold processor range extended
Looking to extend the battery life of wearable devices, Ambiq Micro has unveiled the Apollo 2 platform. Built using the company’s Subthreshold Power Optimised Technology technology (SPOT), the MCU is
Greater readiness repels cyber threats to manufacturers
Together with the National Emergency Supply Agency and the private sector, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed tailored s ...
All industries need better access to data says NI Days keynoter
A range of industries need better access to data, according to Erik Van Hilten, senior technical marketing engineer at National Instruments (NI). One of the keynote speakers at the recent NI Days even
Distributors expect 2.5% growth according to ecsn
Demand for electronic components in the UK and Ireland is likely to grow in the range 0.8% to 4.3% in 2017, achieving a mid-point of 2.5%, according to the manufacturers’ authorised distributor (afdec
Industry-first optical-based fingerprint sensors for smartphones
Synaptics today announced an industry-first family of Natural ID biometric authentication solutions that leverage high-performance, highly s ...
ST adds MCUs to top end of STM32F4 range
STMicroelectronics has added two MCU families at the high end of the STM32F4 range and says they provide a ‘robust’ upgrade to STM32F1 devices. According to the company, the additions offer better ene
Sustainable solutions for cement paste
“Everybody uses concrete; even the Romans used it, it just wasn’t the same kind we use today,” says Steven Palkovic, a graduate student in t ...
How do we secure the IoT?
2016-12-14 20:00:06How do we secure the IoT?
One overarching theme at the recent Hitex UK ARM User Conference was security, responding to the rapid increase in the number of connected devices.
Uber self-driving cars hit the streets of San Francisco
The Waymo driverless car is displayed during a Google event, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, in San Francisco. The self-driving car project that Goo ...
Tech leaders to make peace or press their case with Trump (Update)
In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products, in Cupertino, Calif. Technolo ...
IBM unveils plan to hire 25000 in US on eve of Trump meeting
IBM, which has undertaken in recent years a restructuring of its activities, will invest $1 billion on employee training and development in ...
Polaroid photos make a comeback
Polaroid-style instant photography is making a comebnack as sales of digital cameras decline At a photography studio in Cleveland, instruct ...
Apple's Jobs loses out in Paris street name vote
Apple products such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod may have revolutionised the technological world but Steve Jobs faced a backlash when his na ...
Fossil fuel meets renewables: Vermont gas station goes solar
The Pump & Pantry looked unremarkable—a gas station, grocery and deli along the main road through the rural Vermont town of Williamstown ...
Really? Most Americans don't suffer information overload
Wait, can this be right? A new report from the Pew Research Center says that most Americans do not suffer from information overload—even tho ...
Government to require cars be able to talk to each other
In this July 20, 2015 file photo, a pedestrian crosses in front of a vehicle as part of a demonstration at Mcity on its opening day on the U ...
Google's self-driving car project gets a new name: Waymo (Update)
The Waymo driverless car is displayed during a Google event, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, in San Francisco. The self-driving car project that Goo ...
Google's self-driving car project gets a new name: Waymo
The finalized prototype of Google self-driving car. The self-driving car project that Google started seven years ago has grown into a compa ...
London translation firm seeks emoji specialist
Today Translations is confident that demand for emoji translation is set to grow A London translation agency said Tuesday that it is advert ...
Battery research reaching out to higher voltages
Michael Metzger, researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), shows the core of his new battery test cell: A glass ceramic membra ...
'Revenge porn' takes toll on millions study shows
Public attention on revenge porn increased after the Celebgate hack of actresses including Jennifer Lawrence It may be a jilted lover looki ...
Gov't to require cars be able to talk to each other
In this July 20, 2015 file photo, a pedestrian crosses in front of a vehicle as part of a demonstration at Mcity on its opening day on the U ...
Norway revs electric cars to 100000 units
With a population of 5.2 million, Norway has a total of 19 electric cars for every 1,000 inhabitants Norway, which boasts the world's highe ...
Tech leaders couldn't beat Trump; they'll meet him instead
In this Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of new products, in Cupertino, Calif. Technolo ...
Using smartphone technology to combat workplace injury
Credit: University of Wisconsin-Madison Manufacturing industries in the United States rely on the tireless efforts of factory employees—who ...
World's first solid-state multi-ion sensor for Internet of Things applications
Credit: imec At last week's IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in San Francisco (USA), imec, the world-leading research and ...
A skillful rescue robot with remote-control function
Rescue robot with a drone. Credit: Osaka University A group of Japanese researchers developed a prototype construction robot for disaster r ...
New anode material set to boost lithium-ion battery capacity
Cross-sectional schematic view showing the detailed structural characteristics of a SGC hybrid particle. Credit: UNIST A new approach devel ...
Iran eyes nuclear-powered ships after US sanctions move
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday ordered the country's scientists to start work on nuclear-powered ships in response to the expect ...
Autonomous shipping as a possible solution to impending labour shortages in the shipping sector
Credit: Delft University of Technology Autonomous shipping is a hot, yet hugely significant topic. According to researchers at TU Delft, th ...
'Revenge porn' takes toll on victims study shows
It may be a jilted lover looking for payback after a breakup. Or it could be a hacker aiming for revealing images of a celebrity. ...
New Snapchat 'Groups' allow chats with up to 16 users
Snapchat rolled out a feature Tuesday for group chats with up to 16 people as the fast-growing social network sought to broaden its services ...
New web tool helps online shoppers detect price discrimination on e-commerce sites
Northeastern researchers created a web tool, launched on Monday, designed for desktop users searching on Google Chrome and meant to help peo ...
Stringent CAFE standards extension leads to billions in savings
The Environmental Protection Agency's recent reaffirmation of national fuel economy standards will likely result in large reductions of futu ...
UCL updates x-ray for range of applications
A five-year EPSRC funded project led by University College London has developed an x-ray imaging technology that is claimed to have applications ranging from healthcare and security to materials analy
Li-ion battery test cell wins research prize
Researcher, Michael Metzger, at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has won the Evonik Research Prize for his work developing a battery test cell which allows scientists to investigate anionic a
Conformable organic LCD to enable new display concepts
FlexEnable has developed a 12.1in glass-free conformable organic liquid crystal display (OLCD). Said to be compatible with existing LCD production lines, the display can be scaled to larger areas to m
Solid state pH Cl sensor is ‘must have’ claim researchers
Research centre imec, along with the Holst Centre, has unveiled a miniaturised sensor that can determine pH and chloride levels in fluids simultaneously. According to the partners, this is a ‘must hav
Leti to unveil wearable device to measure relaxation
Leti will demonstrate at CES 2017 a wearable device that takes the measurement of brain activity out of the clinic and puts it into the hands of consumers.
Taylor named UKESF Scholar of the Year
Joanna Taylor from the University of Bristol is the first female student to win the UKESF’s Scholar of the Year Award, which was presented at the annual NMI awards and gala dinner. The award celebrate
Graphene photodetectors set speed record
Data rates of up to 100Gbit/s in ultrafast photodetectors have been reported by researchers from the Graphene Flagship working at TU Vienna, Austria and AMO, Germany. The scientists claim the photodet
Colorado internet-tax case could change online shopping
Buying things online could get pricier after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a case Monday that could ultimately lead to states collecting b ...
Quest Diagnostics says 34000 customer accounts hacked
Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. says a hack of an internet application on its network has exposed the personal health inf ...
Trump sets 'tech summit' with key sector leaders
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg will be among tech executives meeting with President-elect Donald Trump Key tech sector ex ...
Redstone firm calls off CBS Viacom merger proposal
In this Feb. 13, 2012, file photo, a CBS logo is displayed on the exterior of CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborou ...
Auction houses face off in website data scraping lawsuit
Christie's auction house has been accused in a lawsuit of using a computer program to scrape research, images and price information from a r ...
Google Cuba sign allowing faster access to company's data
Backdropped by a poster of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Mayra Arevich Marin, president of state telecom monopoly Etecsa, and Google c ...
Shell-led consortium to build 700MW offshore Dutch wind farm
Dutch Economics Minister Henk Kamp believes by 2020, some 10,000 jobs will have been created by wind farm projects A Shell-led consortium h ...
Source: Google deal will make YouTube others usable in Cuba
A source familiar with a deal being announced between Cuba and Google says it will make Google websites like YouTube run up to 10 times fast ...
Energy innovation is focus of Gates-led $1 billion fund
Bill Gates said government investment is not enough to drive an energy revolution Bill Gates is leading a coalition of powerful investors c ...
Worried by hacker threat France prepares army response
France announced its first cyber-warfare army unit on Monday, aimed at increasing the country's hacking skills as concerns grow in Europe an ...
Lattice expands ice40 range targets sensor aggregation
Looking to address a growing need for sensor aggregation in a range of applications, Lattice Semiconductor has expanded its iCE40 Ultra range of FPGAs with a device offering 1.1Mbit of RAM, up to eigh
High court won't hear challenge to internet sales tax law
The Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to a Colorado law that requires out-of-state internet retailers to tell customers how much they owe ...
For unlikely tech hub in Russia recession's a godsend
In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016, Mikhail Khorpyakov, founder of Deep Refactoring community, speaks at his workplace in Voronezh, ...
Engineers integrate internal robotic tactile sensors
Doctoral student Shuo Li shakes hands with an optoelectronically innervated prosthesis. Credit: Huichan Zhao/Provided Most robots achieve g ...
Innovative refrigerator developed using multistage sound wave engine
Double loop travelling wave thermoacoustic refrigerator (TWTR) developed by Shinya Hasegawa, Department of Prime Mover Engineering, Tokai Un ...
Researchers use technology to virtually recreate concert hall acoustics
Matthew Neal, a doctoral candidate studying acoustics, uses technology to virtually recreate concert hall acoustics. Credit: Rachel Garman ...
Assessing Red Sea potential for alternative energy
Credit: Langodan et al Applied Energy Nov. 2016 Advanced numerical models are helping researchers identify potential sites to exploit offsh ...
Painless microneedle patch could replace needles
The more flexible patch, which has a base of molded thiol-ene-epoxy-based thermoset film, conformed well to deformations of the skin surface ...
EU fines Sony Panasonic and Sanyo over battery cartel
The European Union's anti-trust watchdog has fined Sony, Panasonic and Sanyo for price fixing in the market for batteries used in laptops an ...
New laser scanning test to assess fire-damaged concrete
Credit: University of Nottingham Engineering research at The University of Nottingham, UK and Ningbo, China (UNNC) has found laser scanning ...
Pro-Trump bot activity 'colonised' pro-Clinton Twitter campaign: study
Donald J. Trump speaks at a campaign political rally. Credit: George Sheldon / Shutterstock.com Researchers have revealed the sca ...
Lending a hand: Student 3-D prints functional affordable prosthetic
Ryan Bouricius used the college's 3D printers to make a functional prosthetic hand. Credit: Ithaca College With a 3-D printer and about $15 ...
Promising no censorship social network Gab draws 'alt-right'
Squeezed out of Twitter and other social media websites cracking down on hate speech, far-right activists are finding a home on a new platfo ...